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Canada claims women's world hockey championship

Canada claimed its first women's world hockey championship in almost a decade when Marie-Philip Poulin scored the overtime winner in a 3-2 victory over the United States. The Canadians won gold nine years after their last time at...

Aurelie Rivard, Greg Stewart win gold medals for Canada at Tokyo paralympics

When Greg Stewart stepped into the circle for his first throw on Wednesday and pulled the shot put tight into the broad neck of his 7-2 frame, he thought of the words of his coach Dylan Armstrong. ``Dylan always says, make sure y...

Liberals highlight contrast with Conservatives on abortion, guns

Justin Trudeau is aiming to distinguish the Liberals from Erin O'Toole's Conservatives with a promise to enshrine abortion services in the Canada Health Act.He is also pledging tougher measures to ban an array of firearms.The pledges come in a Liberal re-election platform with $78 billion in new spending, more than three times the direct new revenues promised over the next five years.O'Toole is outlining a plan to build key infrastructure, promising to end delays and get shovels in the ground for world-class public transit, roads and 5G telecom networks.He accuses the Liberals of sitting on bi...

Quebec launches COVID-19 vaccine passport system across province

Quebecers are required starting today to show proof of vaccination to access businesses and events the government deems non-essential, such as restaurants, gyms and festivals. The government has said the passport system is necess...

Canada supports a move by several other countries to have a safe zone established at Kabul airport: Justin Trudeau

Justin Trudeau says Canada supports a move by several other countries to have a safe zone established at Kabul international airport in Afghanistan. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is defending Canada's efforts to get Canadians and vulnerable Afghan citizens who helped Canada's mission in Afghanistan out of that country. At an election campaign stop in Quebec this morning, Trudeau was asked why Ukrainian soldiers were able to rescue Canadians from Kabul. Former Afghan translators who worked for the Globe and Mail have described how Ukrainian soldiers found them and escorted them into the Kabul ...

Trudeau, Singh cross country while O'Toole stumps in the GTA as campaign continues

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has outlined a plan to help restore Canada's big lakes and river system. In Quebec, he announced his government would invest one billion dollars over 10 years. In Ottawa, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is ...

Health Canada finally gives green light to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to be used to inoculate kids as young as 12

Health Canada has finally given the green light for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to be used to inoculate kids as young as 12.The original approval for Moderna in December 2020 was only for people at least 18 years old.Moderna applied for authorization for youth in early June, citing a clinical trial of 3,700 youth in which none of the teens who got two doses developed a COVID-19 infection.Youth as young as 12 in Canada have been authorized to receive the vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech since May 5.As of mid-August, 75 per cent of kids in that age group had received at least one dose, and 59 per cen...

Canada's Priscilla Gagne wins silver medal at Tokyo Paralympics

The athlete who carried the Canadian flag at the opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Paralympics has won a silver medal. Priscilla Gagne of Sarnia, Ontario came in second in the women's 52-kilo judo competition. It was one of two sil...

Federal government posts $12.7B deficit for June, spending down and revenue up

The federal government posted a deficit of $12.7 billion for June compared with a deficit of $33.6 billion in June 2020.The drop in the deficit came as spending dropped compared with a year ago when Ottawa spent billions on emergency aid due to the pandemic and revenue improved.Program spending, excluding net actuarial losses, totalled $39.1 billion in June, down from $51.3 billion a year earlier.Revenue increased to $29.6 billion for the month, up from $19.9 billion in June last year.Public debt charges increased to $1.9 billion from nearly $1.3 billion.The federal deficit for the April to Ju...

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Delhi Assembly Elections: Voting for 70 Seats Tomorrow

Voting for the 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly will take place tomorrow. The Aam Aadmi Party and Congress, which were part of the India Bloc during the Lok Sabha elections, are contesting all 70 seats. The BJP has fielded candidat...

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